Sentences with phrase «than if»

I've found in exercising self control and being loving that I have greater influence over others than if I try to determine what they do.

If this book helps you understand Jesus, His mission, and our mission, better than if you had just read the Bible alone, then why can't this book be better than the Bible?

No more than if you found a watch lying in the desert, running or not, that you would or could assume it happened by accident... common sense would dictate that intelligent life had to have made this watch as complex things simply do not «create» themselves by accident, no matter how many millions / billions of years have passed.

When we affect these areas, we will impact the Church far more positively than if we merely complain.

I believe that this document is valuable if we can start to read it as if it speaks to ourselves, our own church, our own tradition than if it were addressed to «others».

He strikes me as someone who needs to express himself authentically, and in all honesty that's going to cause more people to come to Christ than if he tried to fit into mainstream Christianity.

That is why one is closer to the concrete fact (i.e., less abstract) when he predicates some complex relation of it than if he merely predicates some simple fact of it (SMW 245f).

They are making more noise for the Lord not playing than if the won the State Championship.

It lets them think that their morality is somehow less provincial and more accessible to others than if it referred explicitly to the data of Christian faith, including the words and work of Jesus.

Sharing a love for God may allow you and your significant other to deal with such hurt feelings differently than if he or she were a non-believer.

When the Chinese dictatorship is replaced by a more humane regime» and one may reasonably think it is more a matter of when than if» the Christian proposal could have a world - transforming effect in aligning that society with the cause of human dignity.

In the end it will harm confidence and willing obedience more than the public discussion even of delicate questions, because they are well known in any case and can be discussed more objectively in public than if they are only debated in small fanatical circles.

If you were to tell me that I should reject Christianity because I am being disloyal to logic and reason that idea holds a lot more appeal to me than if you were to tell me I should reject Christianity because I am being disloyal to an aspect of my genetics.

«Rather than trying to replicate the exact jots and tittles of what Utah did, we're looking at the idea that if you try to address both concerns on the front end, you can actually get a more comprehensive set of religious liberties than if LGBT rights moves forward on its own and you try to come in later in the game and attach religious liberties,» said LoMaglio.

@Candiano — HS's response is more telling than if s / he had attempted to actually address the question.

If we own our own home (and will have it paid for), if we have vested rights in a good pension plan or have significant investments, then we need to give much more to others than if this were not the case.

Furthermore, income taxes may mean that a significantly smaller amount is available for giving if the income is an individual's than if it is a tax - exempt organization's.

Whatever the immediate problems of 1967 — and they were terribly urgent — Jews profit more from the frightful mess of Protestantism than if it were the official or unofficial established church or, worse, a single political bloc.

You're going to deal with tragedy in a way that is more hopeful than if you're just business partners doing stuff together.»

One thing is better than another if it more nearly approaches that which is ideally good in itself.

It does seem to increase the success rate for those who were the most determined to stay sober prior to beginning the program but those who were less determined are actually better off seeking help elsewhere as the tend to fail more often when they attend AA than if they did nothing, and their suicide rates go up.

He is the God; and yet he picks his steps more carefully than if angels guided them, not to prevent his foot from stumbling against a stone, but lest he trample human beings in the dust, in that they are offended in him.

I did relate differently to you with you being a woman rather than if you had been a man and to do that was to be consistent with the very thing I was critical of consistent with the lying patronising and manipulating of women's feelings.

He mumbled and stammered; he forgot important parts and; he sweat through his dress shirt — but he told his story and that day became far more empowering than if I attempted to do it myself.

Peter, in fact, teaches clearly that it is possible to know the Lord and then return to unrighteousness and that person is worse off than if they had never become a Christian.

As for why Jesus asked questions, it was for the same reason that Socrates did: people value answers more if they find them themselves than if you give them the answers.

It's easier to make the sacrifices and follow the teachings if one feels certain what he believes is true than if he only believes it's probably true.

I fell better if I don't go to meetings than if I do.

Bonhoeffer remarks, «One could call the child's answer a lie; all the same, this lie contains more truth — i.e., it corresponds more closely to the truth — than if the child had revealed his father's weakness before the class.»

I also plan to get a PhD in Electrical Engineering and will probably earn more than him if I play my cards right.

Some time fears and acts of fears leads people to what you fear most to happen... so it is how it will be played that will determine the future... so as BO said that to show good feelings and give a helping hand will make you less enemies than if go on the bases of power and superiority...

If you have to hike the long road up the mountain over and over again, your legs are going to be much stronger than if you took a helicopter to get to the top.

You indeed must have more faith than I if you believe this resulted in a superior version of the texts.

All of Walt's cons, escapes, and victories had led him to a disaster that was much more comprehensive than if he had been killed or captured earlier in the series.

You can even bring along some milk and your favorite cereal, and you'll be far better off than if you picked up a McMuffin every morning (although an Egg McMuffin is the healthiest choice off McDonald's breakfast menu).

The tree will be far more likely to grow correctly than if it is misshapen.

Dear mods: the idea that Hitler was atheist is a wide - spread belief, and in my opinion it would be better if the idea were aired and refuted than if all discussions of the issue are deleted.

No different than if we made Elton John the pope.

In nightmares, a woman would pull off my hat, and I would feel more naked than if she'd ripped my shirt.

They seem to choose largely untalented ones to make sure that they are replaceable and that's for far more reasons than if they say anything the jews don't like.

Believing that there is more to my existence than this mortal life gives me a much greater feeling of purpose than if I didn't believe it.

It's no different than if a bunch of southerners got together and «reinvented» Gone With The Wind and took out the parts they didn't like like when Sherman burned Atlanta or when Rhett left.

I know this will draw criticism, but I say if it weren't for all the faithful people of all good religions doing good acts, helping the poor, clothing drives, and on and on, this world would be in a lot worse shape than if just your average aetheist were in charge of helping those who suffer.

It brought a long - desired prescription drug benefit to Medicare for the first time, at less cost than if the government had paid for it — and indeed, for less money than its own projected budget (last time I checked).

For instance, if the mutual fund manager and the CEO of the company were both Wharton MBA graduates, Class of 1970, the effect would be even stronger than if the manager graduated in 1970 and the executive in 1980.

Obviously, if households have more debt, a rise in interest rates will affect them more than if they had less, and so income after mortgage payments would fall more, and so would consumption.

Outcome: For the same cost of contribution, ² Jane will benefit her charities by an additional $ 321,567, with $ 61,567 more in tax savings than if she continues her current direct annual cash contributions.

It would simply grow at a lower exponential rate than if you didn't have that policy.

Yes, but you neglect to consider that the money you save by opting to go with term insurance can be invested, and you'll probably be out way ahead with that money for your beneficiaries and heirs rather than if they wait for you to die and collect their benefits through a whole life policy.

One advantage of co-borrowing is that the joint applicants are considered together, which means that you may be able to get a larger loan than if you applied by yourself.